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there. And we're continuing on talking
about the verbatim word of God. Now, in
previous episodes, we talked about the
compilation of the Quran. We're going to
talk about some of the miracles of this
Quran, the verbatim word of the one who
created us, the one who gave us life,
who give us death, who we're going to
have to return back to, the one who's
going to judge us. And at the end, if we
do everything that he's told us to do,
if we live by this Quran, then we have
the beautiful reward of paradise. If we
don't, then you're smart enough to
figure out what is opposite to that. So,
let's talk when we come back more about
the Quran. You don't want to go nowhere.
I don't know why I did that. Maybe maybe
it's just to break the ice.
How are you?
Alhamdulillah. Wonderful. How about you?
Alhamdulillah. Thank you for being with
us again.
Thank you for trusting me.
Thank you. Listen, we we uh we talked
about and we're continue to talk about
something that is a guidance for the
whole of mankind. the verbatim word of
of the creator of the heavens and the
earth. In Arabic, we say Allah. In
previous episodes, we talked about the
compilation of the Quran. In this
episode, we want to talk about some of
the miracles. But before we go on to
that, can you just summarize a little
bit about what we discussed in the
previous episodes about the Quran?
Okay. uh the they we said that first of
all Allahh confirmed in the Quran that
he will keep the Quran safe unchanged
and Allahh fulfilled his promise as he
always does his promise and
alhamdulillah we have the proof now if
you go everywhere in the world on the
mountains of Suzuki of Japan
or in the valleys of Jakarta or if you
go to Arizona if you go to any place in
the world If there were people on the
moon, it'd be the same thing.
Of course, if there are people there, of
course, there were some people who were
there. Yeah. And you will find the same
copy of the Quran.
Nothing different.
Mhm.
Had there been, let me raise this
question for everyone who would really
love to have reflection upon the Quran.
Had there been two copies at the time of
the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam
or even at the time of the companions,
there would have been these two copies.
Nowadays we don't know any single copy
that's different from the other. It's
the same Quran that and this is an
example that you can see in Mecca when
at least half a million people praying
behind the imam in Mecca and if he makes
a mistake everybody
in the masid would respond to correct
him.
So that's that just for our non-Muslim
audience. If the Quran is something that
we we recite during the prayer
Yes. Absolutely. So if he makes a
mistake, somebody from the back is going
to correct him.
Yeah. If it is a woman and that's why if
she can make a sign
like that to correct him, that means he
made a mistake. Nobody has authority on
the Quran. Nobody has full control on
the Quran in terms of that he can make
any change. This among the Muslim
and you can see that there is nowhere in
the world that you would find somebody
is reading something different. Mhm.
This this is the power as I said that in
the previous time that there are
approximately more than 9 million people
who memorize the Quran from cover to
cover and this number is increasing day
after day and I assume that they are
exceeding more than uh 10 million
nowadays everywhere in the world and
every Muslim and Muslim memorizes part
of the Quran because this is the portion
that we use in our daily prayer. But I'm
not talking about those every Muslim
memorizes part of it. But I'm talking
about those who memorize it from cover
to cover. 604 pages. We have at least 10
million people on the earth who memorize
it. And that's why Muslims are proud to
say that if some invention that happens
in this world that somebody invented a
material to erase all the writings from
the books if we happens that we open all
the books in our life and we find them
blank. All the ink all the printing had
been erased. Muslim would say that in
just few days in every village and in
every city in the world the Quran can be
rewritten as it was. The only book that
can be rewritten as it was is the Quran.
That's enough right there to just have
someone reflect and say hold on any
someone wants to bring any arguments
this is something that puts everything
to rest.
There's no other scripture right now.
There's no other book and no other
constitution no other thing like that.
Nothing.
So tell us now what does the creator of
the heavens and the earth Yeah.
in Arabic we say Allah. This is the same
God of Jesus, Moses, Abraham,
creator of everything.
Yeah. Tell us through this Quran he says
this is a guidance for mankind.
Absolutely.
What does this mean? What does he want
from us?
Yeah. He said that in our life we face
some issues and some problems and some
situations that we need guidance. We
don't know what to do in every
situation. We don't know what's right
and what's wrong. What to drink, what to
eat, what not to drink, what to not to
eat, how to do, how to deal with your
parents, what rights do your parents
have upon you, what rights your spouse
has upon you, what rights do your
children have upon you, what rights the
ruler or the governor of your country
has upon you, everyone. How can you
answer this question? And you will find
a lot of people are making some
suggestions and some options with all
the investment and all the investigation
and all the research and they come up
with things and they experiment with
that.
Mhm.
Now we have it ready made divine send to
us from the Quran. It it just guides you
to the right thing from the very
beginning in the Quran that you would
see that. Now let me talk about this a
little bit. How the Quran is different
from other books in the world
whether they are man-made written books
or some books that are claimed by the
people who believe in them that they are
divine books. You can see the difference
when you see the Quran. First of all the
Quran as defined by the Muslim has is
the summary
of the history of humanity.
Mhm.
since the creation of the pen that
Allahh commanded it to write until the
end of the world then the day of
judgment and the resurrection and what
will happen in in the future. Yes, there
is no other book in the whole world that
covers this span of time.
No other book. Just compare it with any
other book with all these details that's
going to happen that are going to happen
on the day of judgment and in paradise
and in hellfire with all these details
there is nothing is in comparison with
the Qurans. Nothing is comparable to the
Quran. So now you find and and and and
this Quran that sums up the history of
humanity
is summed up in the beginning chapter
which is called the opening which is
called al fat the opening the mother of
the book it's called the mother of the
book
if you don't mind can you we're going to
give the translation but can you just
take a recite this in the Arabic can you
do that
of course
go ahead please Okay.
Alhamdulillah.
Fore!
Foreign! Foreign!
Holy.
Amen. Amen.
Amen.
Beautiful. Mashallah. Mashallah. Same
way it was recited then, it's recited
today by your mouth.
Absolutely. By my mouth. But every
Muslim would recite this. No Muslim on
the earth who
you go to China. If you don't speak
Chinese prayer, you can know in Arabic
and pure
and people saw how beautiful with the
translation we just gave him. This is
directing all worship to the creator,
seeking guidance from him.
Absolutely. from the very beginning if I
have the time to elaborate on this and
we can do this inshallah after the
break.
Yeah, that's it. We're going to take a
break and we'll be right back with Dr.
Mandu on a dean show.
You have to pray as if everything
depends on Allah and it does. But you
must work [music] as if everything
depends on you and it doesn't. That's my
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don't like that. I don't like us sitting
here. What are you waiting for? What are
we waiting for right now? What are we
waiting for? All these people to come to
Islam. WHAT ARE WE waiting for? What are
we waiting for right now? When they're
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continue on
talking about the miraculous Quran.
Yeah, let me let me elaborate on this
opening chapter. Yeah,
just very limited number of verses.
So the beginning of it, it says
alhamdulillah,
which means all praise is due to
almighty Allah.
That's the creator of the heavens and
the earth. Absolutely. Creator of Jesus,
Moses, Abraham, the one who created the
sun and the moon. That's the God.
Now this is the one.
Yeah.
You see this verse, four four words.
Alhamdulillah
for Allah. Praise is for Allah
the Lord of the worlds.
Now look at this word. Four words. You
can never ever find any four words in
any language in the world put beside
each other to make this comprehensive
meaning. Let me elaborate. Mhm.
First of all, alhamdulill all praise is
due to Almighty Allah. Person would say
that you're thanking someone
before you know him.
Mhm.
This may raise a question in the minds
of many people. How do you thank someone
who don't you don't know him? And this
is a very legitimate question, very good
logical question.
And the answer is if you reflect upon
what is around you and what's in you and
you see the heavens, you see the skies
and you see the trees and you see the
rivers and you see the mountains and you
see the Milky Way and you see the
planets and you see the galaxies and you
see all this,
you immediately say that there is a
creator for
when you look into yourself, the organs
in yourself, the hands that move, the
eyes that see, the ears, that listens,
the heart that moves, the three trillion
living cells in your body,
you would immediately say there's a
creator. And you need to thank him for
all these blessings, for the water you
drink, for the oxygen that you inhale,
for everything that you have, for the
eyes that help you see what's around
you, and for everything. Immediately you
realize that there is a creator. And the
first thing that you need to know, you
need to thank him for everything that
you have because without him, how can
you enjoy this life?
Not at all.
How can even you exist in this life
without him? So that's why the first
word is alhamdulillah. And you cannot
imagine the comfort that comes to the
heart of a human being who believes in
that when he says alhamdulillah. That's
why even you find Muslims when they
confront calamities and disasters and
crises in this world and when you ask
them how are you they would say
alhamdulillah
even he had lost his job had lost his
house his farm was burned anything any
calamity any situation he would say
alhamdulillah and as in some cultures
they say it it could have been worse
they know that so now he deserves alhamd
and who is
Allah they said alhamdulillah is all
praise is due to almighty Allah and the
word Allah is so unique at first it's
the proper noun and the proper name of
almighty Allah his name my name is muham
your name is his name is Hassanir and
his name the lord the name of the lord
is Allah and this word Allah
includes all the attributes of almighty
Allah The 99 names and beautiful names
and attributes of Allah are embedded in
this way.
Mhm.
So you can imagine how comprehensive
this. The merciful, the most merciful,
the most compassionate, the all knowing,
the all hearing, the all wise, the most
wise and with all these are embedded in
the word Allah. You can see how
comprehensive the the meaning is.
And then what is the definition of this
is now one name of Allahh. The other
attribute that's mentioned here in name
is
he is the lord of the worlds. He is the
lord of the Muslims. He's the lord of
the Christians. He's the lord of the
Jews. He's the lord of the Hindus. He's
the lord of all humans. He's the lord of
all animals. He's the lord of all
planets. He's the lord of the oxygen.
He's the lord of the rivers. He's the
lord of the trees.
He's the lord of everything.
And now when you say this that he's the
lord of all the worlds, the world of
humans, the world of energy, the world
of atoms, the world of everything, he is
the lord of all that
immediately there is an impact on your
heart. Immediately you would say
this is the one that I have been looking
for.
Mhm.
is not the Lord of the Hindus. He's not
the Lord of the Christians. He's not
just the Lord of the Muslims. He's the
Lord of all the worlds.
There is nothing greater than him. And
this is become so beautiful when you
hear the word Allah.
God is greater. And you see from this
linguistic comparative, it's called
comparative degree. He's greater. And
the sentence seems that it's not
complete, but it is complete. He's
greater than anything else that you can
think of.
Anything that you can imagine he's
greater than all of them.
He's greater than all of them. That's
why Allah is greater.
And some people would even translate it
is the greatest. But we love to hear
because it's in Arabic, it's
comparative. It says that Allah is
greater greater than anything that you
may think of.
So is it out of his love and mercy that
he sent this Quran as a guidance?
Absolutely. And even after the the the
the uh opening of the book, the first
chapter defines the book that this is a
book of guidance. But before it says
that the book of guidance, it has
another statement before this. It says
that this book there is no doubt in it.
There is no error in it. There is no
flaw in it. There is no mistake in it.
There is no skepticism in it. From the
very beginning, it tells you before you
read. Yeah. And by the way, these words
in the beginning, it says,
they are five words in Arabic. Yeah.
Then this book, there's no doubt in it.
If you compare it with the books in the
world with the 35 million books and
items that are on the shelves of the
Library of Congress,
you would find nothing similar to this.
Nobody dares to say that his book has no
error in it or no doubt in it. No one.
Usually the authors doing the opposite.
Forgive me if I made a mistake here.
Absolutely. And they say that this is to
the best of my ability. And as authors
and as writers know that
the first thing that
you fear that once you finish writing
the book and it is printed, you start
being showered by phone calls and by
emails and and people finding some
comments and some flows and some
mistakes in your writing. You say that I
wish I couldn't have written.
It's too late now because it's too late.
Yeah.
So even I know of a person himself in
the Virginia area that who became a
Muslim because of these words.
Mhm.
That this book has no doubt in it. He
said immediately
this book should be the book of the
creator. And his friends asked him it's
too quick and too hasty to make this
quest to make this conclusion. And he
said, "No,
I have read approximately 200 books.
Some of them are called divine books and
some of them are man-made books." And he
said that I've never found somebody
saying in his book that his book has no
doubt or no skepticism in it.
That's profound. That can only be from
the creator.
Uh if somebody he said this is exactly
his words. He said if somebody dares to
say that his book has no flaw in it, has
no skepticism in it, has no doubt in it,
has no mistake in it, should be only the
creator. Mhm.
And this way, alhamdulillah, he became a
Muslim. And this is another sign that
this book is guidance for people. You
see the effect of these words
just five words.
And what's most more more striking,
Allah subhana wa ta'ala himself called
these verses in the Quran called them
ayat. A ayat in Arabic means proof and
evidence. That means that every ayah,
every verse,
every one or two, three words together
in the Quran that composes a verse is a
sign, is a proof that it is from God and
it's not from someone else.
That's what it actually means in the
Arabic.
Exactly. Proof, evidence.
Proof and evidence. This is the meaning
of the word ayah. That's why Allahh call
these verses proofs.
That means proofs from almighty Allah.
And as I told you earlier that Allahh
asked people to challenge the Quran just
Allahh is not challenged them but Allah
is guiding people is guiding people to
think and reflect upon the Quran. Can we
make something similar to it? If you can
so it's no longer the Quran. We will
believe in the book that you are going
to write if you challenge the Quran. And
the Arabs willingly accepted the
challenge and they started writing
thinking and you know that the Arabs
were the best speakers the
perfectionists of their language. They
could instead of talking pros they can
talk poetry. They were masters of the
language. We've never ever known any
other nation that perfected the language
like the Arabs. There are hundreds and
tens of examples and this is not the
time to talk about it. They accepted the
challenge and they started making
research and making thinking and writing
something similar to and they started
bringing it to consult each other. How
do you say this?
And they started laughing each at each
other. How do you dare saying that and
the Quran is seeing it in that perfect
way.
Mhm.
And even to the effect that some Arabs
were were afraid to be affected by the
Quran. So some of them when they visited
the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam
and they wanted to observe them uh to
monitor them they used to put something
in their ears to plug their ears to
prevent themselves from listening to the
Quran and one of the leaders said that
okay let me test this I will take this
I'm a I'm a leader of my tribe why I'm
behaving like a child so he gave himself
the opportunity to listen to the Quran
and immediately the effect appeared on
him. When he went back to his tribe, the
people saw him from distance and they
said, "Look at him." He came with a
different face. This was the effect of
the Quran on him because he understood
the language and he had seen and tasted
how beautiful the language of the Quran
was.
We're going to cut out and take a break
and we'll be right back with more of
this miraculous book, the Quran. I just
want to say very simple message.
One of the beautiful things about our
religion of Islam is the emphasis on
direct ritual and prayer to God
directly. There is no intermediary.
The lights will go on after the party
and the party will end.
It's very simple and very clear. There
are no superstitious rituals, no strange
incantations.
Time is running out. We might not make
it till tomorrow. And this is something
that we need to think about.
Dr. Madu, can you continue elaborating
on the opening chapter of the verbatim
word of God, the Quran?
Okay. And uh I'm going to do that. But
before that I I just want to go back to
the first verse in
the chapter in surah Bakar that I was
talking about that Allahh after
comforting the hearts of the people that
this book has no doubt in it and no
skepticism in it and no [snorts]
error in it no flow in it Allahh defined
the book said what type of book is the
Quran Allahh said that
it's guidance
for those who believe in it and in
another verse he said that it's guidance
for mankind and inshallah in one of the
coming episodes I will elaborate and
give examples that how the Quran is
addressing all human beings it's not
just for the Muslims
this important point you just said that
it [clears throat] is a guidance for the
people there's a criteria here
of course the criteria first of all in
another verse it says that it's guidance
for all human beings Yeah.
So if you are if you belong to any other
religion, if you belong to any other
ideology and you are seeking guidance,
what is the answer for this problem? You
go to the Quran and you will find the
answer there. And this is how most of
the people by the way became Muslims.
Most of them they have something in
common. They would say that we found the
answer in that book. But you have to
want it. Is that a criteria? Like if I'm
you're talking about a beautiful car and
I'm not in the market. So you have to be
in the market for wanting to be guided
by the one who created you. You have to
want it. Of course, you should first of
all you should be sincere.
Sincere, humble,
sincere in looking for the truth.
Yeah.
Sincere and unbiased. And Allah subhana
t said this in the Quran.
If you are sincere in looking for the
truth, we will def I will definitely
guide you through.
But if you got too many other
preoccupying, you're not even thinking
about money, the dollar, that's all
that's on your mind. are if you are just
reading the Quran to find some mistakes
and from this perspective you will not
be guided.
Yeah.
Yeah. You you you need to be sincere
that you are looking for the truth. And
if you have this condition, if you have
this state of the heart in you, you will
be guided. Open mind, open heart,
openminded, openhearted, neutral,
unbiased, read,
think, reflect, ponder and you will find
that guidance is coming to you. M
and that's why most of the people who
were guided to Islam they would say that
when we read the Quran we found the
answers to many things that even by the
way the people who when they listen to
the Quran and they don't know that this
is the word of Allah subhana wa ta'ala
you would find that they are affected by
this tell us let me interject because
some people have a a misnotion they
think okay that we're guided now and
some people they feel like some spirit's
going to come in you and you be start
talking in some foreign tongues and that
what are we talking about when we say
guided
this is I think a very good question I
think when we say that guided you're
looking for the answer for a question
you don't have the answer what should I
do in this situation what should I do
how would I use the money how would I
use the organs that I have in my body
logical just
it's very logical
what is the best way to use my ears
what should I listen to
should I listen to this or this or this
what should I listen
it's nothing weird how to use my eyes in
the correct way.
How to use my tongue in the correct how
even to use the money that I have
because a lot of people think that
really this is their money. It's it's
something we Muslims believe that Allah
entrusted us with this money. Allah
subhana wa ta'ala was the cause that for
this you to be rich. Yes. You did some
part of the work. You exerted an effort
but Allahh is the one who really caused
you. For example, look at someone who is
like Bill Gates for example. Yeah.
One of the richest if not the richest
person in the world.
Yeah.
Had education been the cause for him to
be rich, he wouldn't have been rich. He
left the university. He didn't complete
his uh BC or his master. He was of
course a student learning from all his
professors and after just few years
he hired his professors to work with him
and he did not complete his education.
He did not finish his education, his
degree and but he's the richest person
in the world. Is it bec is he the
smartest person in the world? I doubt
that. But it is the will of Allah
subhana t that made him and not somebody
else rich. Allahh is observing Bill
Gates and observing Mur and observing
Eddie and observing everyone how you are
going to use this money. Are you going
to use it in in the way that pleases
almighty Allah the most beneficial way
that to help people in the world or are
you going to misuse it and abuse the
money and use it in in bad things. So
this the Quran guides you and when I
answering these question it opens up
your heart day after day that you are
looking for the truth. Oh, now I kn I
know the right way and we can talk about
hundreds of examples in this uh again
and again. And this is my tip and my
advice to everybody to the viewers and
to the listeners just to take your time
and open your heart. Read the Quran.
Don't read all of it. I don't advise you
at all. Just read one chapter. Just read
the first part of it, second and see and
compare it with other books and see you
would immediately see the difference.
Once you see the difference, you would
know that this is the book, the only
book that was safe, kept safe from
almighty Allah and it is guidance for
people if you are sincere in seeking
guidance.
We look forward God to having you back
here on the show. Thank you very much
and thank you for tuning in to another
episode of the Dean Show. come back here
every week where we tr try to clear up
some of the misconceptions. We've been
talking about the Quran. If you didn't
see parts one and two with the Dr. Shake
Muhammad Mahdul, you can go to the
deanshow.com.
And in this episode, we talked about the
some of the miraculous nature of the
Quran. It's a guidance not just for the
Muslim, but for the non-Muslim, for all
of mankind. and the teacher just like
Moses, Jesus, these messengers that were
sent by the creator of the heavens and
earth with the last and final messenger,
the prophet Muhammad peace be upon him.
They were all teachers and he was the
one that
was showing us how to live the Quran. So
to learn more, make sure to come back
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you. You have to pray as if everything
depends on Allah and it does. But you
must work [music] as if everything
depends on you and it doesn't. That's my
point. You see what I'm saying? And I
don't like that. I don't like us sitting
here. What are you waiting for? What are
we waiting for right now? What are you
waiting for? All these people to come to
Islam. What are we waiting for? What are
we waiting for right now? When they
going to come? They're going to come.
The Allah going to bring these people.
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everybody's sleeping. [singing]
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Oh Allah, [singing] you know
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I turn to you to forgive my sins in my
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You're my loving Lord.
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